Renefro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 CHRISTOPHER RENFRO, Case No. 1:19-cv-00007-AWI-EPG 12 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: IFP STATUS ON APPEAL 13 v.

SOCIAL SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION, et al.,

Defendants. By notice entered October 16, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit referred this matter to the District Court for the limited purpose of determining whether the in forma pauperis status of Plaintiff Christopher Renfro (“Plaintiff”) should continue for this appeal or whether the appeal is frivolous or taken in bad faith. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); see also Hooker v. American Airlines, 302 F.3d 1091, 1092 (9th Cir. 2002). Permitting litigants to proceed in forma pauperis is a privilege, not a right. Franklin v. Murphy, 745 F.2d 1221, 1231 (9th Cir. 1984); Williams v. Field, 394 F.2d 329, 332 (9th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 891 (1968); Williams v. Marshall, 795 F.Supp. 978, 978-79 (N.D. Cal. 1992). A federal court may dismiss a claim filed in forma pauperis prior to service if it is satisfied that the action is…